Student Government

The search for a new University president lacked a student representative on the search committee. Now, the search is over and it seems that for University President-elect Mark Schlissel, improving communication with students will be a top priority.

For the first time in history, student government delegations from all Big Ten universities convened at the biannual Association of Big Ten Students Conference, hosted last weekend by the University of Minnesota.

In a unanimous vote Tuesday night, the Central Student Government Assembly passed a resolution that called on the administration to grant the elected body the power to screen all proposed amendments to the University’s Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities.

This cycle, there are six available seats on the CSG assembly: two from Rackham Graduate School, two from LSA, one from the School of Information and one from the School of Public Health. Two parties are running candidates — the Defend Affirmative Action Party and forUM — along with some independent candidates.